"Turns out, Americans aren't really into watching Lady Gaga sing and dance with Muppets on Thanksgiving. Even with guest appearances from Sir Elton John, Kristen Bell, Ru Paul and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the holiday special flopped big time in the ratings." idiotic HuffPost quote.
I detest articles like this: rating a creative program by how popular it was with the masses. Who cares? So the advertiser didn't get the market they wanted. Who cares? So only 3.6 million people watched this show. I think 3.6 million people is quite a crowd, and I'm guessing they enjoyed this show which is why they tuned in. So I find despicable the the smug little ratings-counting reporters who seem to enjoy labeling anything that wasn't wildly commercial as a flop. It's a pity everything in this country is measured by how popular it was, and then only on that one occasion. This is why so many talented programs and excellent performers were consigned to the network trash bin without ever being given a chance to prove their popularity or value. This is also why people of superior taste don't often get to enjoy quality programming. Not when the networks have to go for the lowest common denominator to get the ratings for those corn flakes or beer.
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